# Red-green Carpet

*Chloroclysta siterata*

Mated females of this species hibernate through the freezing winter in caves or dense ivy, emerging in spring to lay the next generation.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Chloroclysta
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Deciduous woodlands, mature gardens, parks, and scrublands.
- **Diet:** Larvae eat deciduous tree leaves (oak, birch, rowan); adults feed on nectar from ivy blossoms and sallow catkins.
- **Range:** Europe, Western Asia, North Africa
- **Size:** Wingspan of 28 to 36 mm.
- **Lifespan:** Up to 1 year (including adult overwintering).
- **Active:** nocturnal
- **Threats:** Habitat fragmentation, intensive forestry, and light pollution which disrupts nocturnal behaviors.
- **Safe to approach?:** Completely harmless. If you spot one resting on a tree trunk, observe its remarkable camouflage from a close distance without touching its delicate wings. If it enters a home, gently capture it in a container and release it outside near ivy or trees.

## About

Chloroclysta siterata , the red-green carpet , is a moth in the family Geometridae.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/272a1bf2-a8f8-4848-a9e5-21db3b08107b
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335485
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroclysta siterata
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/164184935/medium.png (Jason Grant, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.